Jar-holder



T. S. CATLIN.

JAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED !AN.13, 1920.

Patented 001;. 1-1, 1921.

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UNITED STATES I THOMAS S. GATE-IN, OF WAVE-LAND, INDIANA.

JAR-HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 11, 1921.

Application filed January 13, 1920. Serial No. 351,144.

I '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS S. Carma, a citizen of the United States,residing at lVaveland, in the county of Montgomery and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jar-Holders; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in gripping devices, and moreparticularly to such as are adapted for gripping jars and likecontainers.

The primary object in view is the provision of means for gripping jarsof diil'erent standard sizes by means also adapted to gripjars ofslightly varying sizes from the standard sizes. 7

With this and other detail objects in view, he invention comprisescertain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts assubsequently specified and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing,-

Figure l is a side elevation'of a gripping device embodying the featuresof the present invention, one of the tabs being shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a plan view with the strap sections seen partly in section onthe plane indi cated by line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 and 4 are fragmentary elevations of the free end portions of thestrap sections.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary, perspective view of one of the free endportions of the strap sections and tab.

Referring to the drawingby numerals, l, 1 indicate the long arms ofoperating levers which are pivoted together at 2, and having their shortarms 3, 3 extending beyond the pivot and each provided at its outerextremity with an eye at. Through each eye 4 is looped the respectiveend of what may be considered the clamping band which consists of twosections, being a section 5 and a section 6. Each section has its endportion looped through its respective eye 4L and folded back uponitsel'l and formed into a tongue 7, which is extended through a slot 8formed in the respective section of the clamping band. The tongue 7 ineach instance is bent down against the inner face of the band. Thematerial of each short arm 3 is stamped for forming its respective eye4, and the material thus stamped out is bent back upon a portion of theremaining materials of the arm to form a bearing piece 9 for therespective terminal loop of the sections 5 and 6. Sections 5 and 6 arethus hinged to the free ends of the short arms 3.

The section 5 is formed with outstanding tabs 10 located intermediatethe edges there of and stamped from the material of section 5, eachbeing formed with an elongated tongue 11 at its outer portion and spacedfrom the band section 5,. and forming an open notch between therespective tongue 11 and section 5, and opening toward the hinged end ofsection 5, that is, toward the free end portion of the band section 6,when the sections 5 and G are operably connected. :There are as manytabs 10 provided as there are standard sizes of the types of jars to behandled. For example, there are three sizes of the well known Masonjars, being pints, quarts and half-gallons. A tab 10 is provided foreach of these standard sizes.

The section 5 has located along its median line a slot 12 of suilicientlength to'a-ccom modate the tabs 10, provided for the diiier- .fi

ent sizes of jars to be handled. The slot 12 is constructed adjacent thefree end of section 6 with separate outer terminals 13 and 14: at itsouter end portion for accommodating odd sizes or types of jars whichwould not be considered standard.

To provide for adjustable connection of the clamping sections theterminals 13 and 14 are formed a suiiicient width to snugly receive thetabs 10 therein, and being located in the line of the notches formed bytongues 11, one of the tabs 10 of section 5 is permitted to overlap andengage the free end portion of section 6.

Beyond the outer terminals of slot 12, the end portion of section 6 iscurved outward to form a finger-engaging lip 15.

In operation, when standard jars are be ing handled, to apply theclamping band to the largest size jar, the section 6 is placed over thesection 5 with the terminal 14 in position to engage one of the notchesformed by tongues 11 of tabs 10. This can be done by first swinging thesections apart a distance suliicient to allow the sections to be passedabout the opposite sides of the body of the jar and then broughtto theinterlocked position; or the sections may be interlocked and then slidendwise over the jar. When positioned about the jar and interlocked, thesections may be caused to grip the jar tightly merely by gripping thebandles or operating levers 1. This gripping of the jars may be for thepurpose of applying a lid or for removing-a lid, or otherwise asoccasion may require. The releasing of the jar merely requires thereleasing of the hanof terminal 14;.

What I claim is 1. The combination, with hand operating 7 levers, ofband sections adapted to form a clamping band and each having one endportion engaging the operating levers, one of said sections being formedintermediate 1ts edges with tabs spaced along the section and the otherwith a slot to permit interlocking of the sections by engagement of oneof the tabs with a terminal of the slot, the slot being of sufiicientlength to accommodate all of the tabs simultaneously.

2. The combination, with the hand operating levers, band sectionsadapted to form a clamping band and each having one end portion engagingthe operating levers, one

' of said sections being formed with a tab intermediate its edges andthe other witha slot having a plurality of terminals at one end portionadapted to be engaged by the tab to efiect interlocking of the sectionswhile being clamped about jars of difierent sizes, the tab being movablefrom one of said terminals to another.

3. The combination, with hand operating levers, of band sections adaptedto form a clamping band and each having one end portion engaging theoperating levers, one of said sections being formed with a pluralityoftabs intermediate its edges spaced apart along the section, and theother section being formed with a slot having a plurality of terminalsat one end portion to permit interlocking of the sections for beingclamped about jars of varying standard and other variable sizes. I y

a. The combination, with hand operating levers,-oi band sections adaptedto form a clamping band and each having one end portion engaging theoperating levers, one of said sections being formed intermediate itsedges with a plurality of tabs spaced apart and the other with a slothaving at one end portion a plurality of terminals a greater or lessdistance from the beginning of the said slot to permit an adjustableinterlocking of the sections for being clamped about jars of variablesizes.

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS S. CATLIN.

Vitnesses IARDY W. ROBBINS, CHRISTIE H. FnsLER.

